Friday, September 26, 2003

• Amendment empowers China's trade unions greater role in protecting members' rights
• First drill launched to deal with terror attack against water supplies
• Aba Tibetan-Qiang Autonomous Prefecture celebrates 50th anniversary
• Buddhism experiencing golden age in China: interview
• Popular vote for trade union heads planned
• Peace event highlights Sino-US friendship
• Nearly 900 Chinese police die on duty in two years
• Minimal living subsidy extends to released prisoners
• China's economic situation overcoming problems: premier 
• CPC leader calls for more transparency in gov't work
• Workers' rights in China draw attention at unions' congress

• RMB appreciation futile to slash China's trade surplus
• China restructuring rural finance system to promote growth: Vice-Premier
• Overseas stock markets eye China's municipal works sector
• China promoting healthy growth of auto industry: vice-premier
• Renminbi real effective value increased by 30%: official
• GDP growth understated: Chinese economist
• China tops at global biz challenge
• Five sentenced in major stock manipulation case
• LANDesk, Lenovo agree to deal
• US firms in China doing well: survey
• 17th Int'l Travel Expo opens in HK

• Inadequate plumbing seen as possible contributor to SARS transmission: WHO
• Guinea-Bissau military base attacked
• Britain to stage biggest security on Bush visit
• Myanmar opposition leader to be put under house arrest
• Koizumi delivers policy speech, promising reinforcing reform
• Chinese FM meets with counterparts from African, Arab countries
• Strong quake hits N.Japan, one killed
• OPEC likely to consider new output cut in December
• Strong northern Japan quake injures 160 
• Bush should look before leaping on Arafat issue
• US remains world No. 1 arms seller: report
• Russia favors sending int'l forces to Iraq: FM
• US Congress approves $368b defense spending bill
• China urges G77 to advance developing nations' interests
• M7.8 quake hits N. Japan, triggering blackout, fire
• China puts forth 5-point proposal to address global challenges

• Don't be so sensitive to billionaires
• China's development benefits its neighboring countries
• Bush back from UN General Assembly empty-handed
• China joins EU space program to break US GPS monopoly
• A pipeline for prosperity: commentary
• China in dire need of its own brands: news analysis

• Second Chinese Arctic expedition returns
• China's largest solar power station operational in Xinjiang
• Shanghai Unicom promotes CDMA usage

• China held 1-1 by Austrilia in women's soccer World Cup 
• China makes it to Asian's Championship quarters
• Russia beat Ghana 3-0 in Women's World Cup
• NBA looks to play regular season matches in China
• China advance to semis at Asian women's volleyball

• Cultural festival opens at birthplace of Confucius
• Beijingers enrich lives with flowers
• Vaccinated poultry from mainland to arrive in Macao at year end
• Chinese photo exhibition opens in Myanmar
• China's earliest woodcut of Koran revealed
• Two feared dead in Pearl River mishap
• Emergency services at Beijing airport pass 'terror test' 
• Rescue teams closing in on stranded expedition